NEW YORK Across the street from Madison Square Garden is a Midtown Manhattan building-sized image of Stephen Curry on the move, attacking with the basketball. The Under Armour digital billboard near the site of Sunday's All-Star game declares that the Warriors star is THE LEAGUE'S MOST UNGUARDABLE PLAYER. The leading vote-getter for the All-Star team, Curry has also emerged as a leading candidate for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award. And the 26-year-old poster boy is embracing his contending status, even acknowledging in interviews that he wants to be "greedy" about winning the individual award to go along with a championship for Golden State. ...

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(in predicted order of finish)
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